Improvement in seeding-machines



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Seed Dropper.

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GHABLESJIP'H. OOWLES, OF NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA.

Letters Patent N0. 103,022, dated Mag 17, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT m snemneamcnmns.

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To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that I, OEARLES H; GowLEs, of he.

braska City, in the county of Otoe and State of Nebraska, have inventeda new and useful Improved Machine for Planting Grain; of all kinds,called the Eureka Seeder and I do he'r'eby declare'that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof thefsame, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings making a part.of this specificat ion,in' which-- r Figure l is a perspective view.

Figure II a longitudinal elevation.

.Figure III a transverse section.

The nature of my invention consists in providing-a machine containingbucket-wheels revolving inside a grain-heir, by which all kinds of grainmay be sown, notwithstanding the condition of the grain; and the machinecannot be choked up by dirt that may be in ,the grain.

3 Letter A represents the shaft that reyolv'es in the grain-box F, andupon which shaft is attached the bucket-wheel H, which takes up thegrain coming from the feed-box B, and carries the grain to the-openingsI, and is thence scattered on the ground.

D representsa lever, bywhich the feed is regulated.

, C O represent-two books that hold the feed-box in its proper position,The lever D is attached to a slide regulating the feed, by means of thebook 0.

To enable others skilled in the art to. make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation. l

The Eureka machine may bemade of any desirable length or size. In theoneI used in putting. in .rny wheat'on corn ground, withoutcutting orremoving 'thestalks, -each box was eight inches .at the top; the frontof each boxseven inches-the back 'five and a .half inches deep. Wheninworking'positionfive wood wheels, one and a quarter inch face,six-inches diameter, each'wheel having eight cups'or elevators, made ofzinc or sheet-iron, one 'inch .wide,; about four inches long, bent overthe verge of the-wheels, and fastened to the side with tacks, thewheel-being cut so as toform a cup one and one-fourth by three-fourths,

and three-fourths of an inch deep. These wheels are fastened onthree-.fourth-inch bar-iron shaft, equal distances, so as to carry thegrain over, and to discharge through holes in the lower box, oneandone-fourth by one and one-half inch, made opposite their center,in

front. p The quantity is regulated by slieet ir'oirslides on theinside-fastened to a hoop-iron slide on the top edge of the front box,and moved by a lever-hook into a staple in the top box, and extendingback to within convenient reach of the driver,-the box setting forwardofthe axle tree, so as to scatter the grain forward of the shovels, turnedby a wheel on the end of the shaft.

.. The wheel is one and one-fourth inch face by eight inches indiameter, the band passing from it around a wheel one and one-fourthinch face by, ten inches in diameter, which is fastenedivith the spokesaround the hub; a round band crossed so as to feed facing the driver.

When in use, the bottom of 'the front of one box sits on the top of theback. edge of the other, fastened by books at the end,,and supplies thelower one, keeping it 'at anniform fullness through slide-gates oppositeeach wheel in the bottom of the side of the top box. These may be madetwo or three inches square the grain regulated by sheet-iron slides onthe outside.

I prefer the slides to move up and down instead of horizontally. The topbox turns over and forms a cover'for'the lower one. When not in use itdeposits grass-seed, and all kinds of small grain finclnding corn, withmost unerring certainty, and never chokes or clogs, even though the seedbe dirty.

What I claim as my invention is A 1. The combination and arrangement offeedehox B and grain-box F, whereby the'latter is kept at a uniformfullness, as described.

' 2, The shaft A, with bucket-wheels H, constructed substantially asdescribed, and revolving in grain-box.

F in continuation with openings I.

3. The combination of feed-box. B, grain-box 1", feed-regulating slides,shaft A, bucket-wheels Hand lever D, all constructed and operatingsubstan'tiallyas described. I

. CHARLES H. OOWLES. Witnesses:

0. W. SEYMOUR,

, A. A. BRADFORD.

